Bro Brendan Crowe FSC 17.8.1942 - 10.6.2014 By Fr Roger Purcell MSC Bro Brendan Crowe (de La Salle) died on 10th June in Melbourne, Australia. He spent many years in Papua New Guinea and leaves behind a great legacy of work, achievements and most importantly, friends. One of his confreres said,...

By Fr Giorgio Licini After one month since the killing of Fr Jerry Maria Inau and church worker Benedict at Kamulai in the Goilala mountains of Papua new Guinea Central province information is still sketchy and the diocese of Bereina is still waiting for a final police report. Catholic Reporter...

Cyclone Ita hit Milne Bay Province on 7-9 April 2014. The area worst hit is the southeastern part of the province where the diocese has three parishes:  Misima, Nimoa and Jinjo (Rossel). John Vianney was sent there by the diocesan Health Secretary to assess the damage done to the health...

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands Commission on Social Communications The recent pilgrimage (24-26 May) by Pope Francis to the troubled Holy Land in the Middle East has made people with different interests and claims much closer to one another. The Presidents of...

How do we stop school fights in cities like Port Moresby and Lae? The Tokarara suburb in the National Capital District has found its own way. On Tuesday 27 May the first batch of Grade 8 students from the four Primary schools in the area held their joint day of formation on “Building a Culture of...

Labour ward overcrowded Post Courier, 5 May 2014 Sixty-five babies were delivered on Thursday night at the Port Moresby General Hospital, the second highest so far this year. By 2pm on Friday, when this reporter was taken through the labour ward and post natal ward, many of the women and their...

The Catholic Church values greatly the good relationship it has with Government in Papua New Guinea.  It is one of mutual respect.  It has the potential to bring about many good things for the people of our nation.  In the social services, health and education, the relationship is a...

By Fr Leo Kartiko 16 May 2014. Dear Fr Giorgio, thank you very much for your quick response and for the news you regularly send me. Here in Kamusi we have no information; no Post Courier, no National, no Wantok or Catholic Reporter. I have been here since August 2013 after spending three years in...

With the haunting sound of the conch shell, more than 80 Bishops of Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, the Pacific Nations were welcomed to New Zealand with a powhiri at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington. The Mass which followed incorporated some of the Pasifika cultures that are...

It took one week to confirm the death of Fr Gerry Inao and several other victims of a pay-back killing spree in the Goilala mountains of the PNG Central province last week. By Fr Brian Cahill MSC       I received a report by telephone on Wednesday 7th May at around 10.00am in the...